Connection · one ticket · schedule Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 · records Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Charlotte → Houston via Newark: arrives on time 35%

  1. 17:51 CLT → 19:59 EWR
    UA 3468 · United, flown by Republic · 2h 08m · 68% on time, 14.1% cancelled
  2. 51m layover in Newark (EWR) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 20:50 EWR → 23:43 IAH
    UA 2425 · United · 3h 53m · 75% on time, 3.0% cancelled

Total trip 6h 52m, scheduled departure to arrival (Houston is 1 h behind Charlotte). Times are local. Both flew on 55 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection57%The first flight arrived more than 6 minutes late on 43% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 51m layover.
Arrives on time35%First flight not cancelled (14.1% are) × connection made (57%) × second flight not cancelled (3.0% are) and within 15 minutes (75%).
Total trip6h 52mCLT 17:51 to IAH 23:43, layover included

Tight connection: often missed. The first flight is late enough to miss it on more than 1 day in 4.

Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.